Tail Quotes

446 quotes by 345 authors

This whole force is utterly demoralized by victory. There seems to be neither head nor tail. — Charles Ferguson
The sort of man who likes to spend his time watching a cage of monkeys chase one another, or a lion gnaw its tail, or… — H. L. Mencken
Why are you chasing your tail so?" Said the kitten, "I have learned that the best thing for a cat is happiness, and that happiness… — C L R James
A favorite Wired icon for the information feedback loop, a dragon curling in a circle to swallow its own tail, could become more apt as… — Unknown Author
Now it's our turn to kick some tail! — Falco
What was it called, that symbol of the serpent eating its own tail? It probably signified infinity, endlessness, timelessness. But for me it would mean… — Patricia Gaffney
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind. — Rudyard Kipling
Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail. — John Dryden
TAIL, n. The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitations to set up an independent existence in a world of its… — Ambrose Bierce
It's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a cow. — Unknown Author
A person who has a cat by the tail knows a whole lot more about cats than someone who has just read about them. — Mark Twain
The dog is man's best friend. He has a tail on one end. Up in front he has teeth. And four legs underneath. — Ogden Nash
Modern houses are so small we've had to train our dog to wag its tail up and down and not sideways. — Tacitus
To a dog, motoring isn't just a way of getting from here to there, it's also a thrill and an adventure. The mere jingle of… — Jon Winokur
The eyes of a dog, the expression of a dog, the warmly wagging tail of a dog and the gloriously cold damp nose of a… — Barbara Woodhouse
He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the… — Lloyd Alexander
Every sentence he manages to utter scatters its component parts like pond water from a verb chasing its own tail. — Clive James
We have reached the age, those of us to whom fortune has assigned a post in life's struggle, when beaten and smashed and biffed by… — Ernest Lawrence
What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what… — Jeff Bezos
Changing the world is like trying to straighten a dog's tail. However much you may try, you won't succeed. But although the tail won't straighten,… — Mata Amritanandamayi

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